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30 November, 2017
Celebrating
30 years of the
Kepler Challenge
Colac Bay
road stays
closed
09-15
05
The Te Anau Wastewater
Discharge Project Committee
met on Tuesday (November 28) to
finalise its recommendations to the
Southland District Council on how,
not where, the Southland District
Council should disperse Te Anau's
treated wastewater.
The committee ultimately
preferred sub-surface irrigation,
but not before hearing two hours
of impassioned comments from Te
Anau and manapouri residents.
Fourteen of around 80 people
in attendance addressed the public
forum session. Almost all expressed
disapproval of disposing of the
wastewater at the Kepler block near
the local airport, for reasons varying
from environmental concerns, to
Fiordland's image to tourists and
aviation safety from a potential
increase in birds to the dispersal site.
While the committee has said
previously it had exhausted all
alternative options to the Kepler
block, many speakers said they felt
the location was still inappropriate.
manapouri Lakeview motor Inn
operator Dave Kelly said he wanted
to see the wastewater treated
better at the source in Te Anau
before being disposed of. There
were lots of signs of progress for
Fiordland, including the growing
tourist popularity of the Southern
Scenic route, a new subdivision in
manapouri and the development of
the cycle trail along the Waiau river.
However the Kepler scheme was
not one of them.
"This has to be one of the
dumbest proposals happening
in New Zealand," he said. The
comment was received by applause
from the crowd and a couple of
"hear, hears".
Several people said the council
was putting itself in a vulnerable
legal position given safety concerns
over an increased risk of bird strikes
to aircraft at the nearby airport.
Te Anau Helicopter Services
owner Jennie burgess said she
would rather push for sub-surface
irrigation given concerns over bird
strikes, and if there were more salts
and contaminants in the air from
the dispersal, that could corrode
their aircraft, adding to their already
high maintenance costs.
It was a full house at Te Anau wastewater committee meeting on Tuesday, with around 80 people in attendance.
After years of opposition, the Fiordland
community still appears to disapprove of where Te
Anau’s treated wastewater will likely be disposed
of in future. Nonetheless, at a meeting this week
residents from Te Anau and Manapouri pushed for
the Southland District Council to at least consider a
more discreet form of dispersal underground.
Fiordland community speaks up
Please turn to page 3
By Claire Kaplan
claire@advocatesouth.co.nz
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